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ABOUT THE EDITOR.

HOLLY HUGHES is a writer, the former executive editor of Fodor's Travel Publications, and author of Frommer's 500 Places to Take the Kids Before They Grow Up, Frommer's 500 Places to See Before They Disappear, Frommer's 500 Places to Take the Kids Before They Grow Up, Frommer's 500 Places to See Before They Disappear, and and Frommer's 500 Places for Food and Wine Lovers. Frommer's 500 Places for Food and Wine Lovers.